It appears some ass-hat in Florida stole my identity - or at least my debit card numbers. A $75 charge from a gas station in Florida popped up this morning and I immediately thought, "God dammit."
How do I know some douchenozzle stole my shit? I haven't used my debit card in almost a week due to some bad records keeping on my part. That and the fact that I'm not in Florida. I called my bank and they killed the card and began an investigation. They said it will be a week before I get my new card and the same length of time for the investigation to conclude, resulting in me getting my money back and hopefully the prick being tossed off the side of a kayak and into shark infested waters.
This is the first time something like this has ever happened and I am confounded. Thank God I don't own any credit cards and thank God I noticed the transaction. My credit's bad enough as it is, asshole!
So today already went sour, but I still didn't stop learning. On the way home, it occurred to me that once you hit 55 years of age, you apparently lose all your programming and everything you ever learned just disappears. I got stuck behind some sixty-year old corpse at a red light and we were both turning right, but the dumb-ass apparently forgot that you can turn right on red. The cocksucker could've turned right thirty-eight goddamn times but he just sat there trying to remember who he was and if Nixon was still president.
I was afraid of dying as a child, and I vividly remember wanting to be buried with my Game Boy in case I ever got bored being dead. Now, I'm worried about becoming one of these decaying, thoughtless shells of human beings that are somehow allowed to drive and actually interact with society around them. I don't want to get old and succumb to whatever is plaguing these people. Why is it that they keep living? Once you start forgetting how to make a bowl of cereal or blink your eyes, you should just be taken out back and shot, not be given a driver's license and as your leaving the DMV, everyone prays that you don't run over little Janey and her pet dog, King Russelheimer, which you inevitably do. And why did it happen? Because you confused the brake pedal with the accelerator.
What else are you confused about, Oldie McBout-to-die? Why all of society groans at the sight of another senior citizen behind the wheel of a vehicle? If you could remember what they talked about in the news the night before, you wouldn't be so fucking confused.
- Trace
30 October 2008
28 October 2008
Attn: Iron Man Fans
Lovable Terrence Howard, who played Rhodes in the summer hit Iron Man, will not be reprising his role in the sequel, slated for a May 2010 release.
My favorite web site, FilmSchoolRejects, reported that an article from the Hollywood Reporter was indeed true when it cited that Howard would be replaced and that "Downey Jr won’t be donning more blackface to play both Stark and Rhodey."
I'm a little saddened to hear the news because I believed Rhodes was more than just a "supporting character," which made me care a bit more about the change, and I also believed Howard kicked-ass at it. The Holmes/Gyllenhaal switch in Batman didn't bother me (I couldn't even remember it was Holmes who played Dawes in the first film) because those "supporting characters" were forgettable. Marvel could switch out Dunst in the next Spider-Man movie for all I care and though I'd notice, I would not be upset - simply because we've all OD'd on Mary-Jane (no pun intended) and it's time for a change.
Don Cheadle looks too serious to me. I never saw Traitor, but judging by the previews, he looked like he'd fit the "black Jack Bauer" bill. That's just me.
Some good news, though. Also according to FSR, Downey Jr. is signed on for the 2011 Avengers movie, apparently an effort to bring a lot of Marvel superheroes together to do something extraordinary.
OK, so that's two guys, right? Downey Jr. (Iron Man) and Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury). Still waiting on Edward Norton (Hulk) and whoever's going to play Thor, Captain America and... Ant-Man?
- Trace
My favorite web site, FilmSchoolRejects, reported that an article from the Hollywood Reporter was indeed true when it cited that Howard would be replaced and that "Downey Jr won’t be donning more blackface to play both Stark and Rhodey."
I'm a little saddened to hear the news because I believed Rhodes was more than just a "supporting character," which made me care a bit more about the change, and I also believed Howard kicked-ass at it. The Holmes/Gyllenhaal switch in Batman didn't bother me (I couldn't even remember it was Holmes who played Dawes in the first film) because those "supporting characters" were forgettable. Marvel could switch out Dunst in the next Spider-Man movie for all I care and though I'd notice, I would not be upset - simply because we've all OD'd on Mary-Jane (no pun intended) and it's time for a change.
Don Cheadle looks too serious to me. I never saw Traitor, but judging by the previews, he looked like he'd fit the "black Jack Bauer" bill. That's just me.
Some good news, though. Also according to FSR, Downey Jr. is signed on for the 2011 Avengers movie, apparently an effort to bring a lot of Marvel superheroes together to do something extraordinary.
OK, so that's two guys, right? Downey Jr. (Iron Man) and Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury). Still waiting on Edward Norton (Hulk) and whoever's going to play Thor, Captain America and... Ant-Man?
- Trace
Episode 01: Election Business
I'm going to break the fourth wall here and acknowledge you directly - but it's just this once, I swear.
I understand this will be my debut post, the first of many, I hope. Yes, you don't know me, nor I you, but I'm going to continue on as if we already know each other. We've been friends forever, so there's no need for names or introductions or anything along those lines.
Anyway, let's get going here.
I'm sick of this whole election business. For almost a year now, I've seen the many different faces of politics fade in and out and now that we're on that home stretch, only a short week away from Election Day, I'm ready for this shit to be over with.
It's like Olympic season all over again. I hate the Olympics. I never watch them. I don't care what goes on. All I notice is that my programming is significantly altered because some chinese thirteen year old wants to swing around on some bars for fourty-eight seconds. The upcoming election is almost committing the same crime, but I treat it just the same as I did the Olympics: I ignore it and pay absolutely no attention to it.
Apparently Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama bought a 30-minute time slot on three networks: CBS, NBC and FOX, I believe, just so he can talk about the same shit we've been hearing from him for months.
Spoiler alert: I'm not watching it. Just like the Olympics, and just like the three presidential debates, along with all the news coverage for the national conventions, rather than tune in, I will be tuning out - and probably logged into XBox Live.
All the advertisements, all this press and media attention, is to capture the heart of the mythical "undecided voter." If there are still any out there, someone who actually requires a 30-minute monologue from Obama to knock them one way over the fence, someone who won't know who they will vote for until three minutes before they walk into the voting booth, then that person shouldn't be voting anyway.
It's simple, really. You're on three sides: the Republican's side, the Democrat's side, or no one's side. If you relate to McCain in his beliefs, vote for him. If you relate to Obama, vote for him instead. If you relate to either or neither, don't vote. If you relate to either of them, why should you care who wins? You agree with both of them concerning national and international issues, remember? If you can't agree with either of them, voting for Nader or writing in "Mickey Mouse" or "Charles Manson" is equal to not even showing up. So either make up your mind or plan on staying home or at work next Tuesday.
I knew who I was going to vote for months ago, and I'm going to vote for him still. I didn't need 279 different TV commercials telling me what to do, or a 30-minute speech telling me what to do. I don't need the hundreds of online news articles telling me what to do or a rally of 100,000+ people screaming their hearts out to tell me what to do, either.
Let's just get this crap over with. I've already made up my mind and I don't understand how this late in the game, some people still don't know what to do. It's a presidential election, which last time I checked, is pretty friggin' important. If you're just going to cast your ballot for the name you pointed at with your eyes closed, don't go to the polls. This country's screwed up enough as it is.
- Trace
I understand this will be my debut post, the first of many, I hope. Yes, you don't know me, nor I you, but I'm going to continue on as if we already know each other. We've been friends forever, so there's no need for names or introductions or anything along those lines.
Anyway, let's get going here.
I'm sick of this whole election business. For almost a year now, I've seen the many different faces of politics fade in and out and now that we're on that home stretch, only a short week away from Election Day, I'm ready for this shit to be over with.
It's like Olympic season all over again. I hate the Olympics. I never watch them. I don't care what goes on. All I notice is that my programming is significantly altered because some chinese thirteen year old wants to swing around on some bars for fourty-eight seconds. The upcoming election is almost committing the same crime, but I treat it just the same as I did the Olympics: I ignore it and pay absolutely no attention to it.
Apparently Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama bought a 30-minute time slot on three networks: CBS, NBC and FOX, I believe, just so he can talk about the same shit we've been hearing from him for months.
Spoiler alert: I'm not watching it. Just like the Olympics, and just like the three presidential debates, along with all the news coverage for the national conventions, rather than tune in, I will be tuning out - and probably logged into XBox Live.
All the advertisements, all this press and media attention, is to capture the heart of the mythical "undecided voter." If there are still any out there, someone who actually requires a 30-minute monologue from Obama to knock them one way over the fence, someone who won't know who they will vote for until three minutes before they walk into the voting booth, then that person shouldn't be voting anyway.
It's simple, really. You're on three sides: the Republican's side, the Democrat's side, or no one's side. If you relate to McCain in his beliefs, vote for him. If you relate to Obama, vote for him instead. If you relate to either or neither, don't vote. If you relate to either of them, why should you care who wins? You agree with both of them concerning national and international issues, remember? If you can't agree with either of them, voting for Nader or writing in "Mickey Mouse" or "Charles Manson" is equal to not even showing up. So either make up your mind or plan on staying home or at work next Tuesday.
I knew who I was going to vote for months ago, and I'm going to vote for him still. I didn't need 279 different TV commercials telling me what to do, or a 30-minute speech telling me what to do. I don't need the hundreds of online news articles telling me what to do or a rally of 100,000+ people screaming their hearts out to tell me what to do, either.
Let's just get this crap over with. I've already made up my mind and I don't understand how this late in the game, some people still don't know what to do. It's a presidential election, which last time I checked, is pretty friggin' important. If you're just going to cast your ballot for the name you pointed at with your eyes closed, don't go to the polls. This country's screwed up enough as it is.
- Trace
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